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JOUltNAL or AN EMBASSY 
vernment of India exercises sovereign power, 
as far as you are concerned;—can make peace, 
and can make war. You have already made 
one treaty with it, and therefore there can be 
no difficulty on the present occasion. This is, 
at best, but a dispute about words. 
The first and second articles of the amended 
draft were agreed to, as well as the third ar¬ 
ticle, altered as in the annexed draft. 
Upon the fourth article being read, the fol¬ 
lowing discussion took place. 
B. What river, or rivers, do you allude to 
in this article ?— E. There is no particular 
river specified; but that which is especially in 
view, is the Than-luen, or Sa-luen, which, by 
treaty, is your eastern, and our western bound¬ 
ary to the south. 
B. Although the Than-luen river is stated to 
be the boundary, yet a cession only was made 
by us of the provinces of Tavoy, Mergui, and 
Ye. Molameng, and other places to the east¬ 
ward of the Sa-luen, are parts of the thirty-two 
districts of Martaban, and no cession is made 
of any portion of that province. It is also pro¬ 
vided, that any disputes on this subject shall be 
hereafter settled by Commissioners, according 
to ancient limits . The Sa-luen river ought not 
therefore to be inserted here.— E. I beg to read 
